I'm thinking of replacing my Autohelm 6000 with a new autopilot. The 2 I am looking at are Simrad and Furuno. I don't know anything about the Furuno unit but it looks like a nice unit and I have a Furuno chartplotter and radar and am very happy with them so far. I am a little concerned about putting all my eggs in one basket though.

TE...I think Furuno is new to this and from wha I can determine they do not have a quadrant compatible drive unit...looks like they are geared for power boats only at this time. I like Furuno but would not go with them on this at this stage of the game.
I had a Raymarine linear drive on my last boat and a Simrad on this one. The simrad is more advanced and the hydraulic ram drive is more reliable imho and I was well satisfied with it.

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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.

—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)

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